Box window-frame



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH B. DODGE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BOX WINDOW-FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 17,730, dated July 7, 1857.

.L To all whom it may concern: E. Shown on Fig. 2. The cord is fastened30 Be it known that I, JOSEPH B. DODGE, of to the sash in the ordinaryway except that St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have I rabbet thesash on the corner to insert the invented a new and useful improvementon cord instead of grooving in the middle of the 5 box window-frames forbalancing sash with sash therefor. H section of weights and weights andpulleys, differing from the mode of fastening the cord thereto, on one35 original or any other box-frame for winedge, which causes them tofrictionize in dows in the use of the beads to form the the box. box forthe Weights; and I do hereby I do not claim the balancing of sash by 10declare that the following is a full, clear, weights, pulleys, and boxframe, and thereand exact description of the construction fore disclaimthe original invention thereof, 40 and operation of the same, referencebeing nor do I claim the substitution of grooving had to the annexeddrawing, making a part to form the box for the weights instead of ofthis speciication. framing, for framing was originally sub- 15 Thenature of my improvement consists stituted for grooving in window framesto in forming the box in which the weights form the box for the weights,but 45 g move up and down as the sash is lowered What I do claim as myimprovement and or raised by the employment of the beads desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is commonly used in window frames to hold Theemployment ofthe beads commonly 20 the sash to their place in whichusedin window frames to hold the sash to Figure 1 is a perspective view of asection their place, to form the box for the weights, 50 of one jarnb.Fig. 2 end view of j amb. using grooves for that urpose on the inside A,A, grooves on the inside of the jamb of the jamb, and on t e under sideof the directly under the beads; F and g, g, the beads placed togetheras shown at A, A, (g5 pulleys 5 B, B, the beads grooved to correand B,B, forms the box for the weights.

s ond with A, A, which forms the box for JOSEPH B. DODGE. teweights,D,D, end ofjamb 5 O. O, parting Witnesses:

stop between the sash; I, I, cord assing PETERS GRIFFIN,

out of the box over the pulleys to tile sash MICHAEL KANE,

